The Self-Harm Behavior Symptom Tracker is a comprehensive tool designed to help individuals and counselors monitor and evaluate thoughts, behaviors, and attitudes related to self-harm over the past week. This tracker uses a 5-point Likert scale to assess the frequency of various self-harm behaviors and associated emotions, offering valuable insights into the severity of these symptoms. By consistently tracking these patterns, individuals can better understand their condition and work with healthcare professionals to develop effective strategies for managing self-harm and promoting healing. This tool is crucial for fostering self-awareness, supporting treatment plans, and guiding individuals toward healthier coping mechanisms.

Developed by Dr. Hal Baumchen, PsyD, LP, LADC, this tracker is formatted for easy daily or weekly use. Clients complete it independently between sessions and bring it in for review, giving clinicians a concrete picture of what’s happening outside the office – patterns and triggers a single-session snapshot can miss.

How clinicians use it: for symptom monitoring over time, to identify triggers that inform the treatment plan, to measure progress with real data rather than recall, and as a shared clinical record completed by the client and reviewed together.

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